Shenyang - Post Report Question and Answers
Are local buses, trams, trains or taxis safe and affordable?
Relatively safe; - maybe traffic accidents could get you, but you won't be robbed (at least not if you make the taxi driver use the meter). Very affordable. - Mar 2019
Taxis are very convenient and cheap. About US $15 from the airport to my apartment. US $2 from home to work. Very rarely have I spent more than US $5 for a taxi. Buses are even cheaper, but they are less convenient. Most taxi drivers speak zero functional English. - Jul 2016
Yes and yes! Taxis in the city never cost more than US$3. Buses can be crowded at peak hours but seem safe enough. Trains are fast and a great way to travel in the region- not too expensive either. - Aug 2014
High speen trains are great for getting out of Shenyang. Taxis are safe, but all driving is a little crazy in China, so beware. It is affordable, but when you live in the suburbs, you must have a car. If you hire a car, it will be a minumum of US$40 to pick you up, then drive you home. That gets very expensive when you wait for your car for 3 months. When you first get here, before you car arrives, the consulate lets you have a car one time a week to do what you want, (mostly to get groceries!) which is really wonderful. Unless of course you live here now, and have wonderful consulate neighbors that carpool with you to the city. - Nov 2013
